Agricultural Technology Instructor Tenure-Track Reedley College - Three

Overview

Agricultural Technology Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Reedley College - Three (3) Vacancies

State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 2/23/2026 at 11:59 PM

Campus

Location:

Reedley College

Start Date:

08/05/2026

At Reedley College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

Equity-minded perspective

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments;
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across internal and external communities.

Reedley College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open to culturally relevant professional development to prepare for the student population at Reedley College.

The ideal candidate will share Reedley College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, Reedley enrolled over 17,000 students with diverse identities. Reedley College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in the Agriculture Department under the general direction of the Dean of Instruction, the position provides instruction in agricultural technology on campus and/or at off-site locations. The instructor will be responsible for:

• Teach non-credit classes in the Ag Foundations Certificate such as Agriculture Technical Literacy, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Safety, Equipment Operation, Configuration & Troubleshooting, and Workplace Effectiveness;
• Teach credit classes such as Agriculture Mechanics, Environmental Horticulture, Plant Science, and other agricultural classes;
• Enhancing curriculum;
• Explore and possibly develop a new transfer degree in Agricultural Systems Management;
• Incorporating cutting-edge technology for optimal classroom delivery;
• Leveraging innovative methodologies such as online, hybrid or Competency-Based Education (CBE) to furnish students with the requisite knowledge and skills for their educational and career objectives;
• Recruiting and advising students;
• Serve as an advisor to Career Development Events in Agriculture;
• Participating in departmental co-curricular activities such as clubs and industry events;
• Staying current in the discipline and participating in professional development activities;
• Serving on departmental, division, and faculty committees and attending meetings & workshops as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off-campus and large group instruction as needed;
• Fulfilling all duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of full-time equivalent professional experience; or
• Associate degree and six (6) years of full-time equivalent professional experience; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript do not match exactly as stated, you must petition for equivalency.

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with racially minoritized students and understanding of historical patterns of exclusion in higher education;
• Experience working with students of diverse cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities;
• Willingness to examine and remediate instructional practices to engage racially minoritized students;
• Experience in outreach and recruitment within…